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9-Year-Old Gives Birth in Mexico

Mom, baby healthy; police hunt for baby's father

(Newser) - A 9-year-old girl gave birth last month in Jalisco, Mexico, ABC News reports. The girl, called Dafne, and her baby are both healthy and have returned home, a hospital director says. The infant daughter weighed 5.7 pounds and was 20 inches long, AFP reports. Dafne had a C-section because...

Girl, 10, Gives Birth in Mexico

Baby in intensive care; father unknown

(Newser) - Following 31 weeks of pregnancy, a 10-year-old girl in Mexico gave birth to a 3.3-pound boy. Born via Caesarean section, the baby is in intensive care for pneumonia, but doctors say he is faring well given his early birth, reports the New York Daily News . The girl entered the...

Texas Judge Strikes Down Parts of Sonogram Law

Says certain requirements violates First Amendment

(Newser) - A Texas judge has stopped the state from implementing a controversial anti-abortion law tomorrow that requires women to have a sonogram before they can abort a fetus, after finding parts of it unconstitutional. Judge Sam Sparks let stand the sonogram demand, but shot down requirements that a physician verbally describe...

World's Youngest Granny Just 23

She had bigger dreams for her new mom daughter, 11

(Newser) - A one-time Romania maid had no luck convincing her young daughter not to follow in her footsteps and get pregnant way, way too early. So now mom-of-two Rifca Stanescu, who had her first baby at the age of 12, is already a grandma at the age of 23. Yep. Her...

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